(WESTON, Brett.) ARMITAGE, MerleBrett Weston Photographs New York: E. Weyhe,, 1956. New York: E. Weyhe,, 1956. Large quarto. Original black boards, titles to spine in silver, grey endpapers with the photographer&#39;s printed signature. Small chip to head of spine. A very good copy in the lightly spotted and soiled jacket with some loss to the corners. First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the photographer on the fly leaf, "To Hope and Jay - Brett 1957". With the errata slip.

THOMAS, Dylan[Program]: Under Milk Wood. Edinburgh International Festival Edinburgh: Edinburgh International Festival 21 August 1956. Octavo. [12]pp. Stapled wrappers. Faint bookstore rubberstamp on rear wrap, small duplicate and discard stamps from a library, small tears, very good. Originally produced as a BBC radio play, this program is for the premiere of the first full stage production of the play, which Thomas adapted from the radio version, but which went unproduced until four years after his death. The play opened at the Henry Miller Theatre on October 15, 1957, this program is dated 13 days later.

EASTLAKE, WilliamGo in Beauty [Rare Bound Galleys, from the Library of Paul Bowles] NY|~|: Harper & Brothers|~|, (1956)|~|. NY: Harper & Brothers. (1956). Bound galleys of Eastlake's first book, the first novel in what became (with The Bronc People and Portrait of an Artist with Twenty-Six Horses) his Bowman Family Trilogy. This copy was sent to Paul Bowles: a letter laid in from an editor at Harper's announces the book and solicits comments from Bowles. 6-1/2" x 11-7/16", printed on rectos only and perfectbound in plain wrappers with a label partially removed from the front cover. In a custom clamshell case. A very near fine copy of a scarce proof, dating from an era in which the production of bound proof copies was the exception, not the norm: this is the only copy we've ever seen. With notable provenance, having come from Paul Bowles's library, and with textual differences from the published book. . First Edition. Softcover.

BURGESS, AnthonyTIME FOR A TIGER Heinemann , 1956. Heinemann , 1956. First edition. AUTHOR&#39;S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed in the year of publication: "Many happy returns / and all best wishes to Jack / from / Anthony Burgess / (John) / Dec. 15th / 1956". Original blue cloth in pictorial dustwrapper. Light foxing to initial pages, dustwrapper shows minor rubbing to the corners. The author&#39;s scarce first book. Contemporary inscriptions in Burgess&#39; early work are very rare. The nature of this inscription suggests that the dedication was a personal one.

WILLIAMS, TennesseeIN THE WINTER OF CITIES. POEMS (New York): New Directions, (1956). (New York): New Directions, (1956). First Edition. Hardcover. Slipcase is darkened but complete with the paper label on the cover and has some pitting and wear along the spine. Fine copy in a Good or better slipcase. Bound in full vellum. Crandell A16.I.a. Copy #68 of only 100 numbered copies SIGNED by the author on the limitation page.

Whitehead, DonThe FBI Story. A Report to the People ... with a Preface by J. Edgar Hoover New York: Random House, [1956]. New York: Random House, [1956]. (HOOVER, J. EDGAR) First Edition. 8vo. . Pale grey cloth and black boards. Inscribed by J. Edgar Hoover to Judge Medina on the flyleaf . A remarkable association, inscribed by the head of the FBI, notorious for his obsession with Communist conspiracies, to the judge who presided over the famous 1949 trial of 11 members of the American Communist Party on charges of conspiring to overthrow the government. "To Honorable Harold R. Medina With deep respect & admiration J. Edgar Hoover 11.15.56" The trial, culmination of several years of FBI investigation of Communist activities, ran for nine contentious months and garnered worldwide publicity, in a climate of acrimonious exchanges between Judge Medina and the defense attorneys. Medina charged the defense with delaying tactics, trifling, unnecessary jury challenges, and contempt; the defense attorneys claimed judicial bias, racism in the jury selection, and infringements upon the freedom of the press. In the end, the defendants were found guilty by the jurors, and Medina sentenced them to prison. He also sent 5 of the defense attorneys to prison on charges of contempt

Jean CocteauTémoignage Paris: Pierre Bertrand Editeur , 1956. Jean Cocteau. Pierre Bertrand Editeur Paris, 1956. Homage to Pablo Picasso in occasion of its seventy-fifth birthday. Limited in 125 numbered copies, of which our copy is marked: H.C. (out of commerce). Illustrated with an original etching by Picasso depicting a nude turned on the back, dated, signed, and inscribed in plate, and an original etching by Paul Lemagny, a portrait of Picasso. Very rare copy, with some stains and minor defects, wrapped in the original worn glassine.

Boetticher, Budd (director); Randolph Scott, Lee Marvin (starring)Seven [7] Men From Now (Original Film Poster) Los Angeles and Burbank: Batjac Productions / Warner Brothers, 1956. Los Angeles and Burbank: Batjac Productions / Warner Brothers, 1956. Original one sheet poster for the first of Budd Boetticher&#39;s seven legendary Westerns with Randolph Scott, one of two released through Warner Brothers. & & Near the end of Randolph Scott&#39;s career, producer Harry Brown, Scott, and Boetticher began work on a series of intelligent films that would combine Scott&#39;s minimalist approach to acting with Boetticher&#39;s lean, spartan approach to filmmaking. The result was a series of films today referred to as the "Ranown" cycle, a rich canon that form an incredibly strong stylistic whole. Boetticher&#39;s approach to storytelling was traditional in the sense that it involved traditional Western characters, but revisionist in that his protagonist invariably worked alone, and sought his own brand of morality rather than one established by tradition, government, and family. Apart from ardent fans of Westerns, these films went unrecognized by most until Martin Scorsese made a case for them in his 1995 BFI documentary, "A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies." & & Burt Kennedy, who would go on to write the finest of the scripts in the Ranown cycle, adapted the story for "Seven Men From Now" from his own novella. This first entry paired Scott with Lee Marvin, and features a final hour that is beautifully shot and truly hair-raising, as Scott systematically works his way through the titular characters. 27 x 41 inches, linen-backed. Near Fine. & & Alloway, p. 86. Kitses, pp. 91-121.

Beckett, SamuelWaiting for Godot London: Faber and Faber Limited. London: Faber and Faber Limited 1956, 1st British Edition. () [1-8], 9-94pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Octavo. Photographically-illustrated dust jacket over yellow cloth boards with titles in red to spine. Front board slightly bowed. Just a touch of shelfwear. Unclipped jacket with some light rubbing to front panel and folds of jacket flaps. One small closed tear to top of front jacket panel and a few additional small chips to edges. Jacket spine and front and rear endpapers age-toned. Foxing to fore and top edges, else internally clean. Something errased from page 5 with one small pen mark remaining. The first British edition of Godot&#39;s landmark play and one of the most important dramatic works of the 20th Century. The play was first mounted in its entirety in French in early 1953. The English language premier was in August of 1955 in London, one year before the first British edition appeared in print..

Kennedy, John:PROFILES IN COURAGE. New York. 1956. - xix,266pp. Blue cloth with black cloth spine, gilt, lacks dust jacket. Light edgewear. Presentation inscription on front flyleaf. Very good. In a blue morocco slipcase, spine gilt. Inscribed copy, later printing, of this famous work, which won Kennedy the Pulitizer Prize. The front flyleaf is inscribed in Kennedy's hand, "To my former boss Louis Ruppel - with warmest regards, John Kennedy." Louis Ruppel was the associate editor of the AMERICAN WEEKLY newspaper in New York; Kennedy previously worked for Ruppel as a reporter, and maintained a warm relationship with him as his political career took off. A nice association.

John F. KennedyProfiles in Courage New York: Harper and Brothers, 1956. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956: First edition, First Printing with statement of First Edition on the copyright page, as well as the proper printing code of M-E. In dust jacket with price of $3.50 in tact. The hardcover is in Good condition, in a Good dust jacket. The book has clean pages, with sound binding. Light storage odor to pages. Foxing to end papers. Concave curve in spine at top, with slight chipping to gilt stamping on account. Light edge wear. The dust jacket is rubbed and soiled overall, with chips to corners and spine ends, and a small chip missing from bottom center of spine panel. First Edition, as stated.

Bellow, SaulSeize the Day The Viking Press, 1956. The Viking Press, 1956. First Edition (first printing). The fourth book by the award-winning author of THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH and HERZOG, a novella with three short stories and a one-act play. The title novella describes the tangled panorama of a forty-year-old man -- interwoven with the pressures of an individual day. With a sticker laid in (not attached) which identifies this book as part of the Jack Palance collection which was sold in 2006. Near Fine/Very Good -- some crimping and minor chipping at the head and foot of the (slightly faded) dust jacket spine. Signed by Bellow on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.